Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
Smoking, information, and education: The Royal College of Physicians and the new public health movement
Jonathan D. James
1
Publication type: Journal Article
Publication date: 2023-07-25
scimago Q1
wos Q2
SJR: 2.398
CiteScore: 5.0
Impact factor: 2.4
ISSN: 02768739, 15206688
Sociology and Political Science
General Business, Management and Accounting
Public Administration
Abstract
On March 7, 1962 the Royal College of Physicians published a report entitled Smoking and Health that made the causal link between smoking and lung cancer clear and explicit. Using a historical data set that contains information on smoking from 1958 to 1965, I find a decrease in smoking for those with more schooling after the report's publication. I do not find a difference in the effect for those with greater access to information (measured by TV ownership or newspaper readership). This suggests the education health gradient is more likely due to processing of information rather than access to information.
Found
Nothing found, try to update filter.
Are you a researcher?
Create a profile to get free access to personal recommendations for colleagues and new articles.
Metrics
4
Total citations:
4
Citations from 2024:
4
(100%)